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Topic: Anyone with Fatty liver or continued elevated liver enzymes? Could use some help (Read 3393 times)

I've been reading this site for a few years now and thought I'd finally post. I was hoping to speak with others who have been having liver issues (or fatty liver) either on meds or not. I'm getting worried here about what this might mean for me in the future and ability to take meds.

My situation is this. for a couple of years I was taking viramune and truvade with great results and no side effects for a year and a half. Last year I had a surge in my liver enzymes where I had to stop all medications.

Currently I am still off my meds for about 9 months now and luckily my tcells are about 540 and my VL is about 22,000. Thats the good thing, and a surprise, as I had a VL of 500,000 and tcell=280 when I first started meds about 2 1/2 years ago.

Anyway, since I have stopped my enzyme levels have now always been elevated AST=59/ALT=119, where they had been normal. I also have an annoying fullnes in my upper right abdomen region constantly. My Dr. says its fatty liver (we did two abdominal scans) I drink a beer or two a week on the weekends.. No HEP A/B/C/. I don't do drugs. Not really taking any scripts except for the occasional viagra and sleeping pill.

I thought at this point my liver would have healed itself or getting better.. but the liver enzymes are not going down but seem to be creeping up. My Dr. isnt the most communicative and said I would ust have to live with it with no other explanation as to what may be causing it, or if the viramune cause it.. As I am not the type to wait I'd liek to know what to or other peoples experience. I am afraid that this could limit my ability to take drugs in the future or my lifespan.

I'm just starting down this very same track. I've developed a total intolerance of alcohol and had elevated liver enzymes on my last lot of blood work (different ones to you though I think).I just got back from a liver ultra-sound this morning. The ultra-sound operator told me that I did not seem to have fatty liver or gall stones although I have to wait for the official report next week. I'm waiting for HepC results to come back but I would be totally surprised if that was the case. It is all happening rather qucikly and I was in a bit of a daze when at my doctors on Monday, but I thought in my case he said that he did not think if was my drugs (Kaletra and Truvada) as it was different enzymes in my liver that were raised (I may have got this wrong though). He did raise the possibility that my pills, however, have exacerbated some underlying liver problem that I had not previously been aware of.He also left me with the impression that if it was fatty liver that a change in diet could change this relatively easily.

sorry I could not be of more help, but at least you're not the only one with liver problems.